In a speech to Labour conference, briefly interrupted hecklers, the chancellor promises not to take risks with the public's ...

Rachel Reeves is delivering her first speech at Labour’s annual conference as the party faces criticism over its decision to ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to means-test winter fuel payments, highlighting that the increased take-up of pension credit and the retention of the state pension triple lock ...

The chancellor tells Labour's conference her party is one of "economic responsibility" as she calls for "iron discipline".

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will address the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday afternoon. Having become Britain's first ever female Chancellor in July, Ms Reeves is already under pressure ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s department for hiring a taxpayer-funded ...

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the stories about free gifts for Labour figures were "not the headlines we would have ...

The Independent’s political team will be reporting live throughout the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the government’s winter fuel policy as she swerved ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to give an already disillusioned public some good news when he speaks at the ...

The Labour Government will move on from the “teething problems” of the row around gifts to senior MPs, a minister has said.

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the headlines around free gifts for senior party figures mattered in the ‘short-term’.

The chancellor is expected to return to the premise of "tough decisions" but also seek to reassure the country that there will be "no return to austerity". Also on the agenda today are environment ...